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Every day in the United States, over 300 individuals are injured or killed by firearms. Each of these people remain at the center of someone else’s world – as a child, parent, partner, family member, or friend. The loss of anyone killed by a firearm is devastating and incalculable, but preventable. After each person’s death, the world loses their brilliance, creativity, and joy that they would have otherwise brought to their community. Those who witness or experience firearm violence can also face tremendous harm and trauma that create ripples into the community for years.

In recognition of the immeasurable value of each life lost and each life impacted by firearm violence, FIPRP as a rule does not release statements about individual shootings. Media response to some shooting incidents but not others implies that some deaths are more deserving of acknowledgement. The incidents that receive media attention are not random and are socially patterned. By responding to and thus amplifying certain incidents (which are typically those that are already receiving attention), we would be reinforcing a hierarchy that places more value on some lives than others. For these reasons, FIPRP as a group does not issue press releases, social media posts, or other official statements following every shooting, including those receiving widespread media attention. This policy includes international, national, and local incidents.